Support for cuspidors.



s. Y. GOLDBERG. SUPPORT FOB, GUSPIDORS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.24, 1914.

Patented Jan. 5,1915.

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SUPPORT POR GUSPIDORS. APPLICATION FILED FBB.24, 1914.

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St Y. GOLDBERG. SUPPORT FOR CUSPIDORS. APPLICATION FILED PERM, 1914.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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SIMON Y. GOLIDBERG, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SUPPORT FOR CUSPIDORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 5, 1915..

Application le February 24, 1914.4 Serial No. 820,435.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SIMON Y. GOLDBERG, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Cuspidors; and T do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for cuspidors; and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and delined in the claims.

Tn the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved support applied in working position to the bottom of a chair, and having secured thereto a cuspidor, said cuspidor being shown at the limit of its travel to the front and rear of the chair, by means of dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, on an enlarged scale, removed from the chair, some parts being broken away, and some of the exposed parts being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on the line w3 w3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a rear side elevation of the device, some parts being broken away, and some of the exposed parts being shown in section; Fig. 5 is a View partly in elevation and partly in transverse vertical section, taken on the line m5 m5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2, with the exception that some of the parts are shown in different positions, by means of full and dotted lines, and some parts being broken away; and Fig. 7 is a view corresponding to Fig. 4, with the exception that some of the parts are shown in dillerent positions.

The numeral 1 indicates a horizontal rectangular casing detachably secured, as shown, by screws to the bottom of a chair Z. A slide 3 is mounted, in guide grooves 4 formed in the lower longitudinal edges of the casing 1, for endwise horizontal movement, toward either the front or back of said chair. This slide 3 extends the full length of the casing 1, and has formed thereon a pair of depending longitudinally extended cross-head guides 6, on which is slidably mounted a cross-head or traveler 7. One end of this traveler 7 extends outward of the casing 1, and has pivotally mounted therein an upwardly projecting stud 8 having a rectangular head formed with a rec' tangular transversely extended opening 9, which normally extends parallel with the casing l.

Supported from the stud 8 is a holder comprising a pair of reversely curved horizontal arms 10, adapted to embrace and detachably hold a cuspidor X. These arms 10 extend laterally from the casing 1, and have, on their inner ends, a pair of reversely and inwardly projecting extensions l1, slidably mounted one upon the other within the rectangular opening 9 in the head of the stud 8. A set screw 12, having screw-threaded engagement with the head of the stud 8, is provided for clamping the extensions 11 in different longitudinal adjustments, in respect to each other. Obviously, by adjusting these extensions 11, the arms 10 may be adjusted to support cuspidors of diii'erent diameters. A coiled spring 13, surrounding the stud S, is anchored, at its upper and lower ends, respectively, to the said stud and to the traveler 7 This spring 13 is so ar` ranged as to yieldingly hold the arms 10 in an intermediate position, with freedom for horizontal swinging movement on either side of said intermediate position.

A cover 14 is provided for the cuspidor when in its normal or intermediate position. This cover 14 is suspended from a horizontally extended arm l5, attached to the casing l, by a headed square stud 16 slidably mounted in the correspondingly formed opening 17 in the outer end of the arm 15. By thus mounting the cover 14, the same is free for a limited raising and lowering movement, but is held against a rotary movement. The two opposite edges of the cover 14, which extend at right angles to the casing 1, are curved upwardly at 18. When the cuspidor X is from under the cover 14, said cover is supported in a plane slightly below the top of said cuspidor, but when said cuspidor is moved under the cover 14, the same iirst engages one of the curved edges 18, and thereby lifts said cover suliciently to permit the cuspidor to pass thereunder.

By thus mounting the cover 14, the

same always rests tightly on the top of the 19, by which saidslide may be pulled endwise ineither direction, so as to carry the cuspidor from under the chair, and either to the front or rear thereof, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Journaled at its ends, in the sides of the casingl, is a horizontally extended shaft 20, having rigidly secured thereto a spur gear 21 and a sprocket wheel 22 laterally spaced one from the other. The shaft 2O is located intermediately between the ends of the casing 1, directly over the slide 3. rlhe spur gear 21 meshes with a longitudinally extended rack 23, rigidly secured to the upper side of the slide 3, and by an endwise movement of the slide 3, in either direction, the rack 23 imparts a rotary movement to the shaft 20, through the intermeshing gear 21.

Journaled in a bracket 24 on the easing 1 is a spring-actuated windlass drum 25, having wound thereon a cable 26. The outer or free end of this cable 26 is secured, at 27, to the shaft 20, in a position to be wound onto said shaft in either direction of rotation thereof. The spring 28 of the windlass drum 25 is anchored, at one end, to the casing 1, and so arranged as to tend to wind the cable 26 onto the windlass drum 25, and unwind the same from the shaft 20.

Journaled on each end of the slide 3 is a guide roller 29 alined with the sprocket wheel 22. Over these guide rollers 29 and the sprocket wheel 22 runs a sprocket chain 30, anchored to an upwardly projecting linger 31 on the traveler 7, directly below the sprocket wheel 22. The lower section of the sprocket chain 30 runs in a guide channel 32 on the bottom of the slide 3. By connecting the traveler 7 to the sprocket chain 30, directly under the shaft 20, said traveler may be moved toward either end of the slide 3, depending on which way the shaft 20 is being rotated. Obviously, the speed of the traveler is aecumulative, that is, its movement on the slide 3 is plus the travel of said slide on the casing 1. By this arrangement, the cuspidor will travel a relatively long distance by a relatively short movement of the slide 3.

On either end of the casing 3, and on the same side as the arms 10, is a cam lug or abutment 33, adapted to engage a vertically projecting linger 34 on a collar 35, rigidly secured to the stud 8. rIhis collar 35 also affords a support for the stud 8, to hold the same against endwise movement on the traveler 7. When the finger 34 engages one of the abutments 33, during the travel of the cuspidor toward either the front or the back of the chair, the stud 8 is rotated on the traveler 7, thereby swinging the arms 10 in advance of the traveler v7. lhen the slide 3y is released, by letting go of the held linger piece 19, the shaft 2() will. be rotated by the cable 26 wound thereon, underl the action of the spring 2S, in a direction to return the cuspidor to its intern'iediate o1' original position. The initial return movement will carry the finger 34 out of contact with the engaged abutment 33, thereby permitting the spring 13 to swing the arms 10 and supported cuspidor into a normal position, with respect to the traveler 7.

A pair of reversely acting lock hooks 36 are provided for positively holding the slide 3 in either of its extreme outward positions. These lock hooks 36 are secured to the easing l, on a common pivot 37, and have, ou their inner ends, reversely beveled cam surfaces 38. These lock hooks 36 work under the action of gravity, through perforations 39 formed in the casing 1, to engage either end of the slide 3 when the same is pulled out in either of its two extreme positions, to lock the same against return movement, against the tension of the spring 2S. rlhese lock hooks 36 may be operated from either end of the casing 1, to release the slide 3 and permit return movement thereof, by a lock-releasing device. rlhis lock-releasing device is in the form of a long horizontally extended rod 40, slidably mounted in bearings 41 on the casing 1, and having, at its ends, heads or finger pieces 42. At the intermediate portion of the rod 40 is a plurality of teeth or serrations 43, arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with the cam surfaces 38, to thereby rock the lock hooks 36 on their pivotal support, to render the same inoperative. Opposing coiled springs 44 hold the lock-releasing device in an intermediate position, and are compressed between lugs 45 on the casing 1 and an extension 46 on the rod 40. The coiled springs 44 are held in position by a rod 48, secured, at its ends, to the lugs 45, and eX- tending, at its intermediate portion, through the extension 46 which normally stands intermediately between the lugs 45.

While in the drawings the improved device is shown applied to a chair, it is, of course, understood that the same may be applied under a table, bed, or the like, or in some instances, it might be mounted in a wall, so as to disappear from sight when not in use.

F rom the -foregoing description, in contraveler for adjustment toward and from each other, and a receptacle detachably held by said supporting arms.

2. The combination with a relatively fixed support, of a traveler mounted on said support, an open receptacle mounted on said traveler, and a cover for said receptacle, secured to said support with freedom for a limited raising and lowering movement, and arranged to be lifted by said receptacle when the receptacle passes thereunder.

3. The combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support, a holder mounted on said traveler for bodily movement therewith and for swinging movement with respect thereto, means tending to hold said holder in a normal position, an abutment on said support for swinging said holder on said traveler during the outward movement of holder, and a receptacle mounted on said traveler.

4f. rlhe combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its normal position, a lock for holding said traveler at the limit of its outward movement, against the tension of said spring, and a receptacle mounted on said traveler.

5. The combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its normal position, a lock for holding said traveler at the limit of its outward movement, against the tension of said spring, supporting arms mounted on said traveler, and a receptacle mounted on said supporting arms.

6. The combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its normal position, a lock for holding said traveler at the limit of its outward movement, against the tension of said spring, supporting arms mounted on said traveler for swinging movement, a spring tending to hold said arms in a normal position, and an abutment on said support for swinging said supporting arms on said traveler, during the outward movement of said traveler.

7. The combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support for movements on either side of an intermediate position, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its intermediate position, a lock for securing said traveler at the limit of its outward movement in either direction, against the tension of said spring, and a receptacle mounted on said traveler.

8. rlhe combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support for movements on either side of an intermediate position, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its intermediate position, supporting arms mounted on said traveler for swinging movement, a spring tending to hold said arms in an intermediate position, abutments on said support for swinging said supporting arms on said traveler', during the outward movement of said traveler in either direction, and a receptacle mounted on said supporting arms.

9. The combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support for movement on either side of an. intermediate position, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its intermediate position, a lock for holding said traif'eler at the limit of its outward movement in either direction, against the tension of said spring, supporting arms mounted on said traveler for swinging movement, a, spring tending to hold said arms in an intermediate position, abutments on said support for swinging said supporting arms on said traveler, during the outward movement of said traveler in either direction, and a receptacle mounted on said supporting arms.

l0. rlhe combination with a support, of a traveler mounted on said support for movement on either side of an intermediate position, a spring arranged to return said traveler to its intermediate position, a lock for holding said traveler at the limit of its outward movement in either direction, against the tension of said spring, a lock-releasing device mounted on said support, supporting arms mounted on said traveler' for swinging movement, a spring tending to hold said arms in an intermediate position, abutments on said support for swinging said supporting arms on said traveler, during the outward movement of said traveler in either direction, and a receptacle mounted on said supporting arms.

ll. The combination with a support, of a slide mounted on said support, a traveler mounted on said slide, means, actuated by the movement of said slide, to impart movement to said traveler, and a receptacle mounted on said traveler.

l2. The combination with a support, of a slide mounted on said support, a traveler mounted on said slide, means, actuated by the movement of said slide, to impart movement to said traveler', a spring tending to return said slide and traveler to their normal positions, supporting arms on said traveler, and a receptacle mounted on said supporting arms.

13. The combination with a support, of a slide mounted on said support, a traveler mounted on said slide, a shaft journaled on said support, a gear on said shaft, a rack on said slide meshing with said gear, a sprocket wheel on said shaft, a sprocket chain secured to said traveler and arranged to run over said sprocket wheel, yielding means tending to place said shaft under strain to return said slide and traveler to their normal positions, and a receptacle carried by said traveler.

sprocket wheel on said shaft, a pair of guidev rollers at the ends of said slide, a sprocket chain arranged to run over said guide rollers and sprocket Wheel, said traveler being attached to said chain intermediately between said guide rollers, yielding means tending to place said shaft under strain to return said slide and traveler to their normal positions, and a receptacle carried by said traveler.

l5. The combination With a support, of a slide mounted on said support, a traveler mounted on said slide, a shaft journaled on said support, interinediately of the ends of said slide, a gear onv said shaft, a rack on said slide meshing with said gear, a sprocket Wheel on said shaft, a pair of guide rollers at the ends of said slide, a sprocket chain arranged to run over said guide rollers and sprocket Wheel, said traveler being attached to said chain intermediately between said guide rollers, yielding means tending to place said shaft under strain to return said slide and traveler to their normal positions, a lock for securing said slide in either of its eXtreme positions, a lock-releasing device, and a receptacle carried by said traveier.

ln testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of tivo witnesses.

SIMON Y. GOLDBERG. Witnesses A Lrcn L. KING, HARRY D. KILGORE.

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